I was not speaking about anyone in particular On Wednesday 26 February 2003 04:13 pm, flacycads wrote: > If you are referring to me, my /etc/hosts file is correct (not empty), and > my hard drives are tweaked with hdparm, and have been since I started Linux > about 9 months ago. I also only run the services I actually need, and > compile lean as possible kernels. However, I know I could use more ram on > these machines, and that would help the performance. I also use only the > best ram, and have been a serious overclocker at times, and know the ins > and outs of that, although at present I'm not overclocking while I'm > trying to really learn about my Linux systems. ahh go ahead and overclock and learn linux at the same time,,, nothing like creating extra problems to get extra training on repairing them <grin> > I've made a pretty serious effort to tune my Mandrake install, and read > everything I could find on the subject, but of course I'm all ears for any > advice anyone wants to offer, and it will certainly be appreciated. I can > use all the knowledge I can get, and this great expert list has really > helped me tremendously. > > I came from a Mac/windows background, and have many years experience > tweaking them for maximun performance. BTW, someone mentioned windows won't > use all the memory. That's not exactly correct- you can edit the System.ini > file to force windows to use all available ram before using the swap file. > This works really well for those with a lot of ram. You can also make edits > to control the loading and unloading of .dlls, among many other settings > edits that affect performance. I only mention this because I've been trying > to figure out if there are similar modifications in Linux- there doesn't > seem to be much written about this- at least I haven't run across much. And > of course I still have a lot to learn about the /etc/filexxxx possiblities.
ehhh, no mater what, or so I have heard, win 9x to win me will NOT boot with more than 512 megs ram. I can say that for sure with winME. it is really the way the ram is used, as far as I know, that makes the differences, that and the way it is tested by the kernal developers to decide what really is the best optimization for the ram use. > My main concern is not how fast an OS boots, or how fast applications load > into ram, it's how good the response/performance is afterwards. Which is, > of course, where lots of ram and a fast cpu works wonders, with Linux or > windows. compare the "second loading" times then, notice how much faster an application loads the second time in Linux, then compare the comparitive app in M$win, or even better, compare loading the app (try Adobe photoshop) in a VMware window the second time, then compare loading it as dual boot. > > > > I bet your network is correctly setup and tweaked, and his /etc/host file > > is empty too
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